Luis Bacalov Il Postino
Jean Claude Petit Theme from Jean de Florette
John Williams Theme from Schindler's List
Johnny Greenwood Suite from There Will be Blood
Nino Rota Love Them The Godfather
Ennio Morricone Theme from Cinema Paradiso
Sherman I wanna be like you
Henry Mancini The Lonely Princess and It Had Better Be Tonight
John Williams Hedwig's Theme
Michel Legrand Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Encore Carlos Gardel Encore Por una Cabeza
The Irish Chamber were at St John's Church Waterford last night with their Magic of the Movies tour as guests of Symphony Club of Waterford. They were joined by accordionist Dermot Dunne who was reunited with his Far Flung Trio accomplices, Katherine Hunka and Malachy Robinson . This was music to sit back and wallow in and the ICO played the many dreamy wistful melodies with unabashed enthusiasm. Opening with music from Psycho, it was remarkable that the audience reacted with smiles and chuckles to Hermann's bleak jagged score designed to evoke shock and horror.The accordion and pianissimo don't often appear in the same sentence but Dunne drew this most deliquescent of dynamics from his instrument in the acoustic of the church space . Versatility was a keynote of the evening and players added variety with a bit of singing and strumming their violins, ukulele style. While you'd have to admire the can-do attitude of the players, the larky element of a Jungle Book number with Malachy Robinson on vocals had a cabaret feel to it and didn't quite suit the spartan, ecclesiastical atmosphere of the venue.
There was a good enough turnout of 200 or so. Conspicuous by their absence was any student element from either second or third level courses. A pity because this was repertoire that had universal appeal. Touring to Monkstown and Sligo this weekend.
The Irish Chamber Orchestra return to Waterford in the Autumn when they step into the breach left by the Irish Baroque Orchestra who have pulled out of their scheduled date. We are lucky to have them visit twice this season. I had a chat with CEO Gerry Keenan who tells me that the orchestra had a wonderful reception at their German concerts in Wurzberg and Cologne earlier this season
The next SCOW concert features the Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra and the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, Sunday 11th September 2016, with guest conductors Johan De Meij and Ronan O Reilly.
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